
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 585/I
The Couple, plate 5 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State I of XVII
- Date:
- 2001
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Figures
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red watercolor, red ink, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8" (25 × 20 cm); sheet: 12 1/4 × 10" (31.1 × 25.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil; "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state XVII.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates in 3 different techniques.
Plate 1, in drypoint and engraving: man and woman.
Plate 2, in aquatint: shading in woman's shoes.
State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from an impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
A publicity poster was made with an image of state XVII for the 2002 documentary about the artist titled "C'est le murmure de l'eau qui chante." It was filmed over the course of 8 years by Brigitte Cornand, a French filmmaker who worked closely with Bourgeois in the last years of her life. - Public Collection:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY